An Interview with Graham White, Ph.D.

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Vector-Borne and Zoonotic DiseasesVol. 9, No. 6 ProfileAn Interview with Graham White, Ph.D.Published Online:9 Dec 2009https://doi.org/10.1089/vbz.2009.9612.intAboutSectionsView articleView Full TextPDF/EPUB ToolsPermissionsDownload CitationsTrack CitationsAdd to favorites Back To Publication ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail View articleAbstractGraham White, Ph.D., is a research scientist in the Department of Entomology & Nematology, University of Florida, Gainesville, based in the Mosquito & Fly Research Unit of the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service Center for Medical, Veterinary & Agricultural Entomology. He graduated with a degree in entomology from Imperial College of London University and chose a career in public health entomology, specializing in mosquito biology and control. Dr. White received his doctoral degree from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) for research to develop chemosterilant procedures (sterile insect technique) that were applied by USDA to eliminate Culex quinquefasciatus from a Florida island. During 1967–1972, he served as medical entomologist for the East African Institute for Malaria & Vector-Borne Diseases, based at Amani in Tanzania, investigating vector species complexes in relation to epidemiology and control of malaria, filariasis, and onchocerciasis. During the 1970s, he was Assistant Professor at the Institute of Pathobiology, Addis Ababa University, with a Wellcome Fellowship to study the Anopheles gambiae complex in relation to malaria control operations. He then became head of Medical Entomology at the British Museum of Natural History, from 1974 to 1979, where he specialized in biosystematics and served 20 years as a Director of the International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature. He returned to LSHTM as Senior Lecturer in Medical Entomology from 1979 to 1985, and served as a World Health Organization (WHO) consultant with national vector control programs in Cuba, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nepal, and the United Arab Emirates. During 1985–1997, Dr. White was vector control product development manager for Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI, Britain's biggest chemical company) and then Zeneca Public Health. He contributed to the development of pyrethroid formulations for antimalaria house-spraying and for insecticide-treated bednets, including the first wash-resistant treatment. In 1987, he founded the quarterly research journal Medical & Veterinary Entomology for the U.K. Royal Entomological Society. He served as entomologist and Rapporteur of the Technical Advisory Group of the Global Programme for the Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis and has advised on malaria vector control in more than 30 countries. Dr. White was Rapporteur for a series of intercountry meetings that launched the WHO Integrated Vector Management Strategy 2003. Since 2004, he serves as full-time consultant for the U.S. Armed Forces Pest Management Board, to facilitate the development of new vector control materials and application methods.FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Volume 9Issue 6Dec 2009 InformationCopyright 2009, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.To cite this article:An Interview with Graham White, Ph.D..Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases.Dec 2009.755-758.http://doi.org/10.1089/vbz.2009.9612.intPublished in Volume: 9 Issue 6: December 9, 2009PDF download